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{{Infobox politician
|name=Charles Downing
|image=Charles Downing.jpg
|office=Delegate to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from the [[Florida Territory]]
|term_start=March 4, 1837
|term_end=March 3, 1841
|predecessor=[[Joseph M. White]]
|successor=[[David Levy Yulee]]
|office2=Member of the [[Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida]] from [[Mosquito County, Florida|Mosquito County]]
|term_start2=1835
|term_end2=1838
|predecessor2=Joseph L. Smith
|successor2=[[William Henry Brockenbrough]]
|birth_place=[[Virginia]]
|death_date=Oct. 24, 1841<ref>The Madisonian Newspaper, Washington DC, Saturday Nov. 6, 1841, page 2</ref>
|death_place=[[St. Augustine, Florida]]
|occupation=lawyer
|party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse=
|children=[[Charles W. Downing, Jr.]]
}}

'''Charles Downing''' (died October 24, 1841) was a 19th-century American lawyer who served as a [[Delegate (United States Congress)|Delegate]] to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] for two terms from the [[Florida Territory]] from 1837 to 1841.

== Biography ==
He was born in [[Virginia]], although it is unknown when. In his life, Downing studied law, and after being admitted to [[The Florida Bar]], he practiced in [[St. Augustine, Florida]].

=== Political career ===
Initially, a member of the [[Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida]], Downing was then elected to the [[Twenty-fifth United States Congress]], and took office on March 4, 1837. Two years later, he was re-elected to the [[Twenty-sixth United States Congress]], and his term ended on March 3, 1841.

=== Death ===
In 1841 Charles Downing died in [[St. Augustine, Florida]].

His son, [[Charles W. Downing, Jr.]], was [[Secretary of State of Florida]].

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| state= Florida Territory
| before= [[Joseph M. White]]
| after = [[David Levy Yulee]] 
| years = March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
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